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(No Moden J. H. WOODMAN. SEAT AND BACK 0F CHAIRS, SETTEES, CAR SEATS, 61:0.

Patented Feb .6,r1883 WITNBSSES l INVENTOR M/ ATTORNEY' N. PETERS, PhawLid'wgrlpher. Washingon, D. C

UNITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL E.r wooDMAN, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y;

SEAT A ND BACK oF CHAIRS, SET-rees, CAR-SEATS, sto.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,757, dated February 6, 1883.

Application mea April a, 1882-. (No mener) Torall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOEL H. WooDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and `State of New York, have invented new 'and useful Seats and Backs of Uhairs,`Settees, Car-Seats, Src., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of seats or backs for chairs which are composed of an inflexible foundation and a surface sheet of veener glued or cemented thereto.

Heretofore in the manufacture of said seats or backs for chairs a foundation has been ordinarily made by arranging two sheets of. wood' with their grain running in different directions, and gluing or cementiug them together. A smooth surface isthen given to said foundation by gluing thereto a thin solid sheet of ve neer- Afterward the whole seat or back was submitted to heavy pressure, and thereby molded or shaped into any desired form.

When the glue had become dry the seat or backl was removed from the press, and when perfect was ready for use; but in this process of shaping the surface veneer (owing to flaws or too great strain) often split, and thus left a crack or ragged edge, which unfitted the article for use. In such case the only remedyr left was to strip off the whole cracked sheet of veneer and substitute therefor aperfectsheet. The cracked sheet was then cast aside as useless, and in this way a vast amount of'niaterial Vwas lost and the cost of manufacture greatly enhanced. Moreover, a whole new sheet of veneer was also required should the surface be fractured at any time subsequent to thel manufacture of the seat.

The object ofmy improvemeut is to avoid these difficulties and to so construct chair seats or backs as that no part oi' the surface veneer may be wasted in the manufacture, and (in case ot' any subsequent injury to said surface veneer) that repairs may be readily and Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same on -line .fc a: of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a combined seat and back, and Fig. 4 a seat in which the pieces of veneer forming the surface are arranged in an ornamental design.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the views.

'Ihe sheets'of wood a b are arranged with the grain of one at right angles with that of the other, and are glued or cemented together. This forms the foundation of the seat or back, and is an old device. Alayer ofglue or cement is then spread upon the upper sheet and the surface B is applied. This surface consists of very thin strips or blocks c of veneer, which, after having glue or cement spread upon their edges, are placed in close juxtaposition upon the top ot' the foundation a b. The whole is then subjected to pressure and molded or shaped to such configuration as may be desired. When the adhesive material used has set or become dry the article is removed and ready for use. t

It will be seenthat by the use of blocks or strips of veneer,4 instead of whole solid sheets of the same, the dangerof 4splitting` the surface is almost if not entirely avoided. 'At the same time the very smallest pieces of veneer are utilized, and all waste in the manufacture thereby avoided. Furthermore, should one of the strips or blocks be inj nred at any time, that particular strip or block may be disconnected from the adj acent ones, ripped off, and another substituted therefor without interfering with any other part of the surface. It'may be added that bythe use 'ot' these strips or blocks any coverings. I therefore disclaim all said inventions; lbut What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.In seats or backs for chairs,'the combinavroo e www -tion, with au inflexible foundation, of parallel cent strips or blocks of veneer, e, gluevto said adjacent; strips or blocks of veneer, glued to foundation and to each other, as and for the said foundation and to each other, as and for purposes set; forth. the purposes described. v

2. As an article of manufacture, a chair seat Witnesses:

or back consisting of an inflexible veneer foun- CHAS. M. JOYCE,

(lation, a b, and a surface of parallel andadja- JAMES DOUGLAs` BROWN.

JOEL H. WOODMAN. 

